May 17th, 2012… Almost two years ago, I began this blog with my trusty Samsung Focus S that I received as my “Smoked By Windows Phone” prize. It wasn’t a post that was ready by many – in fact, the count today is 5 reads. That “Welcome To The Focus S” wasn’t my first Windows Phone post, nor was it bound to be my last.
About a week later, the features started coming out with Socialize Faster With Live Tiles (16 reads), Local Scout Does It All (15 reads) and What Windows Phone Does Better (5 reads). Most people would have looked at these early numbers and given up the ship, but I knew it took a long time to build a following on a blog, and just kept going. Total reads for the first month of the Focus On Windows Phone Blog was 365, but 199 of those came from one key post, Best Ways To Blog From Windows Phone.
That post became the launching point for the site as the following review of the Mafia Game garnered 318 views. I then posted on something that everyone was wondering about, setting up a Windows Phone on Red Pocket Mobile service. In June, the Windows Phone game changed forever as Microsoft announced that no current Windows Phone 7.x devices would be upgraded to the new version of Windows Phone coming later that year. The Focus S and Windows Phone 7 was dead.
2012 finished up rather quietly. A second post on Setting Up Your Windows Phone for Red Pocket Mobile Service was a giant success with over 900 views. July brought the HTC Titan, Radar 4G and a few others through the review stages. August was highlighted with posts on Using Google Voice, the MVNO Solavei, and the arrival of my first Nokia handset, the Lumia 900.
Other notable posts from the last quarter of 2012 included more Red Pocket Mobile setup action – this time on the Lumia lineup, my review of my Nokia Lumia 810, and the post on how to take a screen shot with Windows Phone. 2012 was a great starter year for this little blog, but it only got better in 2013.
2013 started off with quite a few App and Game reviews. Some of the more popular ones were for Alpha Invasion, Shutter Pro and How To Create Playlists In WP 8. In January I also reviewed the HTC 8X. In the months that followed, news of Nokia not bringing the Counters App to WP 8 came out, as did the review of the Nokia wireless charging plate.
Storage problems for lower memory devices became public knowledge for many early in 2013, and the Phone Storage CleanUp App was a solution for many. We also saw the Nokia Lumia 521 come to market, the launch of Tumblr and Hulu+ arrived for WP8. The game Steel Champions made a splash early in the year as did launch of the AT&T Lumia 520 GoPhone edition.
2013 continued on with better deals on Windows Phones than ever before. More Apps filled in the gaps and accessories became a big thing on the site. The reviews of the Nokia DT-900 Wireless Charging Plate and the Skullcandy Titan Earbuds were very popular reads. The review of the zBoost YX545 signal booster was probably read by everyone with T-Mobile service issues indoors. November even brought us FREE games from Disney, which if you didn’t know, once you buy the “free” title from the store, you can download it later without paying for it again.
Finally, December of 2013 ended the year with posts about the Windows Phone Apps that really aren’t missing – though many people don’t know it, using Nokia Mix Radio to get in the holiday spirit and a game preview of Disney’s Frozen Free Fall. The last order of business for 2013 had to be the fact that a popular T-Mobile MVNO launched their LTE service for users that had a Lumia 925.
2014 came in with a bang as I was greeted with a new Nokia Lumia 925. The new device also meant more reviews of new software. Great titles like 4Blend HDR, Domino’s Pizza, and Nokia Camera Beta were all covered. I’ve even covered how to get a FREE Windows Phone without a contract this year. 2014 will be a great year for Focus On Windows Phone and I hope to be writing my next 500 post recap sooner than later.
In the meantime, thank you all for reading this blog and feel free to email smartphonedeals@gmail.com with any topics you’d like to see. Also, please take the time to visit my sponsor pages – www.4gfastdata.com – www.getsmartphones.info and the Getsmartphones.info Amazon Store. Without support from these guys, it would be tough to keep doing the accessory and device reviews.
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